Middle East Africa Region (Little League Baseball World Series)

LLWS qualification region Middle East-Africa
formerly Europe, Middle East and Africa and Transatlantic (2001-2007)

Current season	LLWS qualification 2012
sport	baseball
League foundation	2008
Teams	6th
Title holder	Lugazi LL Lugazi , Uganda
Record champions	Saudi Arabia (3)
Website	EMEA homepage

The Middle East Africa region was one of the eight international regions that sent participants to the Little League Baseball World Series , the largest youth baseball tournament. From 2001 to 2007, the teams were assigned to the regions Europe, Middle East and Africa as well as Transatlantic . From 2013, Australia will form its own region in the Pacific region, for which the Middle East-Africa region will be dissolved again and the part of Africa as well as Turkey and Israel will be assigned to Europe, the states of the Middle East will be assigned to the Asia-Pacific region.

Participating States

The following nations were organized in this region:

•  Qatar
•  Kuwait
•  Saudi Arabia
•  South Africa
•  Uganda
•  United Arab Emirates

Regional championships

The respective winners are marked in green.

year	Qatar	Kuwait	Saudi Arabia	South Africa	Uganda	United Arab Emirates
2008	no participant	Kuwait LL Kuwait City	Arabian American LL Dhahran	no participant	Rev. John Foundation LL Kampala	Dubai LL Dubai
2009	no participant	Kuwait LL Kuwait City	Arabian American LL Dhahran	no participant	no participant	Dubai LL Dubai
2010	no participant	Kuwait LL Kuwait City	Arabian American LL Dhahran	Cape Town LL Cape Town	Rev. John Foundation LL Kampala	Dubai LL Dubai
2011	no participant	Kuwait LL Kuwait City	Arabian American LL Dhahran	Kwa Zulu Natal BB Association LL Durban	Rev. John Foundation LL Kampala	Dubai LL Dubai
2012	Qatar LL Doha	Kuwait LL Kuwait City	Arabian American LL Dhahran	no participant	Lugazi LL Lugazi	Dubai LL Dubai

Results at the Little League World Series

After year

year	team	city	Classification	WL
2008	Arabian American LL	Dhahran	Round 1	0-3
2009	Arabian American LL	Dhahran	Round 1	1-2
2010	Arabian American LL	Dhahran	4th place group C	0-3
2011	Arabian American LL	Dhahran	round 2	1-2
2012	Lugazi LL	Lugazi	Round 1	1-2

By country

Country	Number of championships	Number of participations	WL to the LLWS	%
Saudi Arabia	3	4th	2-10	.167
Uganda	2	1	1-2	.333
Qatar	0	0	0-0	-
Kuwait	0	0	0-0	-
South Africa	0	0	0-0	-
United Arab Emirates	0	0	0-0	-
Total	5	5	3-12	.200

Status after the Little League World Series 2012

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Regions Realigned for 2013: Australia to play in Little League World Series. (No longer available online.) Www.littleleague.org, archived from the original on September 23, 2012 ; accessed on September 19, 2012 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

• EMEA homepage

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} For reasons not mentioned, the US State Department did not issue a visa for the team from Uganda. Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In order to have a participant from this region in the World Series, the team from Saudi Arabia was invited. Archived copy ( memento of the original from January 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.